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Daddy’s little girl

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

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Meeting My Mother

Monday, November 26th, 2007

I was 46 years old when I met my mom.
I always knew I was adopted. My adopted parents were great to me and I never felt the need to find out who my birth parents were.
But this all changed when I got a phone call in winter 2001 from the Children’s Aid Society. The lady [...]

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The Devastation of School Beatings

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Embarrassment. Shame.  Disgust.  These ugly words don’t begin to describe the horror of what it felt like to be beat up as a 14 year old. I can still remember my classmates gathered around cheering for the ones delivering the powerful blows.  As the beatings continued, I looked for a place deep within myself [...]

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My life preserver in a sea of loss

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

I remember the moment like it was yesterday. I was with my 5-year-old son in the Muslim country where my US Navy officer husband had just been killed in action by a Muslim aircraft attack on his ship. My son and I had to stand in an internationally publicized ceremony in front of the 37 [...]

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